Remote Sensing and Gis Applications in Agriculture

1. Introduction The number of satellite missions dedicated to remote sensing (or Earth Observation (EO)) has increased significantly over the past decade and will further increase over the coming decade and beyond. Data from these missions offer the potential for contributing to the security of human existence on Earth in different ways. Although there have been many demonstrations of the value of EO satellites to development issues such as food production, resource management and environment characterization, it is recognized that there is a role for transferring that knowledge to developing countries, and it is hoped that this publication will stimulate, encourage and assist countries inexperienced in the use of satellite EO data to acquire the necessary expertise to exploit and realize its full potential.